A late corner for Huddersfield can't yield a clear-cut chance, despite Lossl being up out of his box and that's surely the last roll of the dice.
90' +2
Depoitre scuffs a shot through a crowded box and Fulham survive. Huddersfield have just mere seconds to snatch something back.
90' +1
A. Mitrović has scored a goal for Fulham! Assist by R. Sessegnon.
Sessegnon got them a point last time out and he's surely helped them to three now. What an impact he has made since coming on.
MITROVIC FOR FULHAM! 1-0! Surely that wins it for the Cottagers! It's end-to-end-stuff as the hosts clear a cross from Durm inside their own box and send Sessegnon away down the right. The teenager plays a beautiful pass through the Huddersfield defence to the striker, and he tucks it in past Lossl into the bottom-left corner. Magnificent from the hosts!
90'
Four added minutes for either side to find a winner.
89'
Now Huddersfield have a set-piece too after Billing chances his luck from distance and sees a deflection take his shot wide of the right post. Ream clears and play shifts to halfway.
87'
Fulham win a corner after Jorgensen nips in to block a shot from Chambers after the letter unexpectedly pops up in the box. Sessegnon turns it in, but the visitors have it covered.
82'
Penalty saved by J. Lössl!
LOSSL SAVES! The Huddersfield keeper gets down to his left to keep Kamara out. His team-mates did not appear to want him to take it anyway, with Mitrovic denied the chance to step up.
That is an appalling penalty from Kamara. Not to take anything away from Lossl's save, with the keeper reading it perfectly, but the Fulham man's effort, tame and to the keeper's left, is the softest of strikes you'll ever see from the spot.
80'
The referee has a word with Hadergjonaj after the Huddersfield player tried to kid a free-kick out of a tackle.
78'
A swift break by Christie invites Sessegnon straight into the fray, with the teenager unable to keep his first touch low from the square cross, spearing the ball wide of the near-right post for a goal-kick.
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77'
R. Sessegnon enters the game and replaces L. Vietto.
A cheer goes up at Craven Cottage as Sessegnon arrives to replace Vietto, for Fulham's final change.
74'
Billing puts a long throw into the Fulham box, looking for Depoitre, though the latter's little flick simply surrenders possession back to the hosts.
70'
Mitrovic pokes a ball in for Kamara but the subsequent half-volley is something of a hash, put straight to Lossl who doesn't make any mistakes.
69'
J. Hogg gets yellow.
Hogg comes steaming in on Bryan with a late challenge and is immediately shown a yellow card.
68'
Vietto squares to Cairney on the edge of the Terriers box rather than shooting himself. His generosity is his undoing as his captain loses the ball cheaply though and the visitors ferry themselves to halfway.
67'
Lowe drills a low free-kick in from the right wing that no Huddersfield players chase across the box. It's a waste of a set-piece chance and both sides know it, from the contrasting frustration and grins as Fulham get a goal-kick.
65'
L. Depoitre enters the game and replaces S. Mounié.
E. Kachunga enters the game and replaces A. Pritchard.
The Terriers also add Depoitre for Mounie.
David Wagner looks to swing the tide back towards his side with some changes. Kachunga comes on to replace Pritchard.
64'
C. Christie gets yellow.
Cairney puts the set-piece into the box, Mounie heads away and Pritchard counters. The Terriers man goes down in the centre circle as Christie, as last man, comes in hard and it's a yellow card for the Cottagers player.
63'
The set-piece isn't great in the end, but Fulham come up with a free-kick following a foul by Jorgensen on the left wing.
57'
Mitrovic and Vietto win a pair of good balls off the Huddersfield defence and play it forward to Kamara, only for the substitute to have strayed offside as he waited for the pass.
56'
Kamara blasts a cross in towards goal, looking for Mitrovic. Lossl is as safe as houses under it though, with the ball landing safely between his gloves.
53'
There's a delay in play now for Odoi to receive treatment after he picked up a busted lip.
51'
Fulham have started this second half with a much more potent intensity, pressing the Huddersfield defence back in upon itself around the box. It's a high-energy play though, so can they find the goal before they run dry?
49'
Christie lifts the set-piece in wonderfully, with Chambers popping up in the middle of the box to land a header. It's a poor finish though, as he pushes it well wide of the right post.
48'
Vietto is tripped in the tackle by Kongolo and Fulham have a free-kick around 30 yards out in the centre-right channel.
46'
M. Le Marchand enters the game and replaces A. Mawson.
A. Kamara enters the game and replaces J. Seri.
Fulham have opted to make a change at the break, introducing Le Marchand for Mawson.
The Cottagers also make a second switch, introducing Kamara for Seri.
We're back underway at Craven Cottage for the second half. Will that double change prove to be decisive for the hosts?
45' +1
HALF-TIME: FULHAM 0-0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
45'
There will be one added minute of injury time.
44'
D. Odoi gets yellow.
Odoi brings down Billing and gets a booking for his troubles. Rico beats Mounie to the subsequent free-kick turfed into the box.
43'
Both times are low on confidence of course – any side in the relegation zone is likely to be – but even with that in mind, this has been a drab game. Do either of these sides have a match on the bench to light up this encounter?
41'
Pritchard shrugs Seri off in midfield and fires a shot in from 22 yards. It's a telegraphed effort though and Rico is left untroubled by it.
39'
The Terriers are starting to reassert themselves though, keeping the supply line to Mitrovic closed even if they are not burdened by creativity going forward themselves.
37'
Despite having amassed more than twice as much possession as their hosts, Huddersfield have registered less shots overall too. Wagner's team don't look that inspirational going forward, except for pumping long crosses through Hogg and Pritchard.
33'
There's a brief stoppage in play for Pritchard to receive treatment after he tumbled off the pitch following a tackle and hit a metal gate in the advertising hoardings. He thankfully seems OK to continue.
31'
A great chance for Fulham! Odoi slips a wonderful throughball to Cairney that wrongfoots the Huddersfield defence – but the Cottagers captain's first touch is too heavy and helps the ball run away from him to Lossl just inside the box.
28'
Mitrovic nudges a header wide of the left post following a Seri corner. The hosts are looking more aggressive now after a rather passive early period.
25'
J. Seri gets yellow.
Seri comes in late on Hadergjonaj and catches him with a trailing leg. It's not as bad as it first looked on replays but there is a yellow card with the Fulham man's name on it regardless.
24'
Cairney lays a lovely pass on for Vietto into the right side of the Huddersfield box, yet the latter's decision to cut it back to Seri undoes the entire attack as Kongolo pounces.
21'
Seri curls a free-kick from the left wing into the Huddersfield box, seeking the far post and Chambers. Hadergjonaj beats him to it and puts it out for a corner.
20'
Fulham look oddly content to sit back so far in this game, so much as to the point that Mitrovic has seen little possession up front, relatively isolated by his own team in their attacking choices.
18'
Durm is having an excellent game so far for Huddersfield and pushes the Fulham defence back with a quick run once more. He shapes for a shot, 25 yards out, and takes a deflection, with Odoi nipping in to clear up for the hosts in short order.
14'
Durm rolls a throughball in behind the Fulham defence for Mounie to chase, but Rico beats the striker by some distance to it.
10'
Hogg clips another wide, long pass from left to right downfield, finding Durm. The square pass back inside only finds goalkeeper Rico in the end and Fulham clear their lines again.
8'
Billing cracks a low shot in from 30 yards or so on the right that bobbles precariously out of Rico's grasp in the box. Pritchard concedes another foul trying to reclaim possession for a follow-up shot.
6'
The set-piece is lacking from the Terriers and Seri whisks it away to halfway, before Pritchard concedes a foul on the edge of the centre circle.
5'
Hogg now spears a long ball diagonally across to the right wing, looking to stretch the Fulham defence wide. Mawson gets on the end of the subsequent square cross and heads out for a corner.
3'
Pritchard drifts a long free-kick from out on the left wing to the right of the Cottagers box, though Ream clears the ball with a deft header.
1'
We are underway in this Premier League clash between Fulham and Huddersfield!
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the 2018-19 Premier League as struggling Fulham host fellow basement side Huddersfield Town in a bottom-of-the-table clash ahead of the new year.
Neither the Cottagers, nor the Terriers have adapted well to life in the top flight this season, with just 21 points achieved between the two so far since August. Located in 19th and 20th respectively, both Claudio Ranieri and David Wagner need to inspire a significant turnaround in form fast if they hope to avoid the drop.
Ranieri, brought in just over a month ago, has only mustered one win at Craven Cottage since his arrival, in his first game against Southampton, but three draws have ensured that the Italian has already doubled the club's points haul for the season. A win against Huddersfield today though would be a shot in the arm as they head into 2019.
Huddersfield picked up one of only two wins this season when they beat Fulham in early November at the John Smith's Stadium, but with no points picked up in their last six games, Wagner's side really are approaching crisis mode. Can the club's cult hero, who led them to the top flight in 2017, inspire a dramatic turnaround in form?
FULHAM (3-4-3): Sergio Rico; Denis Odoi, Alfie Mawson, Tim Ream; Cyrus Christie, Calum Chambers, Jean Michael Seri, Joe Bryan; Tom Cairney, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Luciano Vietto.
Subs: Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Isaac Mbenza, Elias Kachunga, Laurent Depoitre, Juninho Bacuna, Adama Diakhaby, Ben Hamer.
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (3-5-1-1): Jonas Lossl; Mathias Jorgensen, Christopher Schindler, Terence Kongolo; Erik Durm, Florent Hadergjonaj, Jonathan Hogg, Philip Billing, Chris Lowe; Alex Pritchard; Steve Mounie.
Subs: Maxime Le Marchand, Andre Schurrle, Ibrahima Cisse, Aboubakar Kamara, Floyd Ayite, Ryan Sessegnon, Marcus Bettinelli.
Huddersfield’s 1-0 win in the reverse fixture in November was their first victory in 12 league encounters with Fulham.
The teams have emerged at Craven Cottage and we are moments away from kick-off.
There's nothing to separate either side on the scoresheet at the interval at Craven Cottage, with chances very much few and far between in this basement bust-up. Steve Mounie and Aleksandar Mitrovic have provided the best chances with a few headers – but it's going to take something special to get this game firing on all cylinders. At half-time, it's Fulham 0-0 Huddersfield Town.
Claudio Ranieri might just have the spark he needs on the bench though in the shape of Ryan Sessegnon. The England teenager's goal got his side a point last time out – could he be set to start the second half?
Ranieri now turns his attention to a London derby on New Year's Day when his side makes the short trip to Arsenal, while Wagner will take the Terriers home to host Burnley in what could be another vital game at the bottom end of the table. Until then however, thank you for joining us – and have a happy new year!
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